gftopk(1) General Commands Manual gftopk(1)
NAME
gftopk - convert generic font (gf) bitmap files to packed font (pk)
files
SYNOPSIS
gftopk [-v] gf_file[gf] [pk_file]
DESCRIPTION
The gftopk program converts a generic font (gf) bitmap file output by,
typically, mf(1), to a packed font bitmap file for use by DVI-reading
programs; notably, dvips(1) only supports pk files. Packed font files
(pk files) are much smaller than the corresponding gf files.
The gf_file on the command line must include the resolution, but can
omit the suffix "gf". The pk_file defaults to the same (stripped) name
as gf_file, and it is placed in the current working directory with the
pk suffix replacing gf. For example, the input file
/some/directory/cmr10.300gf would become cmr10.300pk.
OPTIONS
See tex(1) for details of command-line parsing.
By default, gftodvi operates silently. With the -v (a.k.a. -verbose)
option, some reports are printed on stdout.
The standard -help and -version options are also supported.
ENVIRONMENT
The program looks for gf_file using the environment variables GFFONTS,
GLYPHFONTS, and TEXFONTS, in that order. If none are set, it uses the
system default. See the Kpathsea manual at https://tug.org/kpathsea for
the details of the searching.
SEE ALSO
dvips(1), gftype(1), pktogf(1), pktype(1).
Donald E. Knuth et al., Metafontware.
Package page on CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/gftopk
Section in the Web2c manual:
https://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#gftopk-invocation
Typeset source code, including file format descriptions:
https://ctan.org/pkg/knuth-pdf
AUTHORS
Tomas Rokicki wrote the program. It was published as part of the
Metafontware technical report. Paul Richards originally ported it to
Unix.
Public discussion list and bug reports: https://lists.tug.org/tex-k
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